On first sight, one could be
forgiven for thinking that the covers on either side of the road are
the nine wells. However these 'covers' from the former St Davids
waterworks were built at a place called 'Nine Wells' in 1899.

Hence the name probably derives from the nine wells
in the area.

These roughly
cover the area of the water
basin of the stream that flows through Nine Wells i.e. reaching up to Llanruidion, Pen Pant, Croftufty, Picket Post, and to Porth-y-Rhaw on
the coast. Within this area are the 9 wells and is the area covered by
this web site.

Approaching the Nine Wells bend from Solva

Map from 1975 of Nine Wells area

The 44 (circled red) shows an old bench mark -
at that point the ground is exactly 44 feet above sea level.

The Nine Wells

1 communal well at Nine
Wells
2 private well at Delfryn
3 private well at Croftufty
4 private well at the
Picket Post
5 private well at Mutton
Farm (Pink House)
6 communal well at the
Mill, Porth-y-Rhaw
7 communal well along the
coast
8 ?
9 ?

'Boundary of St Davids Parish'
stone

The stream forms the boundary between the Solva and
St Davids parishes, from the main road down to the sea at Porth-y-Rhaw.